The Iran-backed Houthis seized the ship on January 3, along with its 11-member crew, and then released a video which they said shows military equipment on board.
More than 156 Houthi rebels were killed and eight military vehicles were destroyed in an operation in Abdiya, south of Marib, says the Saudi-led coalition fighting the militants in Yemen.
Blamed on the Houthi rebels, Wednesday’s attack on Aden airport killed at least 26 people and occurred just as members of the president’s new cabinet arrived from Saudi Arabia.
The Saudi-led coalition said the Houthi group had launched the objects at civilian targets in Saudi Arabia.
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